The surprisingly complicated physics of why cats always land on their feet ars technica (David L)
Giant Set of Dinosaur Tracks in Alaska Is So Big It’s Called ‘The Coliseum’ ScienceAlert (furzy)
The real-life Mowglis: Men and women who were raised by animals… from a wolf pack to a troop of monkeys Every day Mail
NASA telescope spots cosmic question mark in deep space CNN (ma)
Complexity Theory’s 50-Year Journey to the Limits of Knowledge Quanta (David L)
The Rise And Fall Of The Would-Be Superconductor That Transfixed The Internet Forbes (Kevin W)
Polymer nanoparticles deliver mRNA to the lung for mucosal vaccination Science (ma)
Gesture is a uniquely powerful tool. Here’s how to make the most of it New Scientist (Dr. Kevin)
Examining how breast size affects women’s attitudes to exercise MedicalXPress (Dr. Kevin)
WHO Aspartame Safety Panel Linked To Alleged Coca-Cola Front Group Guardian
Neuroscientists successfully test theory that forgetting is actually a form of learning Trinity School Dublin (Dr. Kevin)
#COVID-19
New Covid variant BA.2.86 with more than 30 mutations detected in London causing concern among scientist Guardian (Dr. Kevin)
Health officials warn of new, highly mutated COVID strain BA.2.86 Seattle Occasions (furzy)
1/ The Mannequin State Indoor Air High quality Act #MSIAQA has been launched right this moment. Developed by the Johns Hopkins Heart for Well being Safety @JHSPH_CHS, with recommendation from an in depth group of consultants, led by @polsiewski et al.https://t.co/Bhq3Oknq7m
— Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez (@jljcolorado) August 17, 2023
Local weather/Atmosphere
Tracing the destruction from Maui’s deadly fires ABC Australia. Kevin W: “Take a look at the earlier than/After photos.”
President Joe Biden hasn’t launched a Maui fire investigation. Here’s why. Politico
China?
Global Stock Managers on Guard as China Pain Set to Spread Bloomberg
China’s Fertility Rate Drops To Record Low Reuters
Degrowing China—By Collapse, Redistribution, or Planning? Month-to-month Overview (Anthony L). Essential.
Biden to sign strategic partnership deal with Vietnam in latest bid to counter China in the region Politico
“Beijing’s prime diplomat made a direct attraction to Vietnam’s shared ideology with China as he urged Hanoi to arrange for a summit and stop “interference” by exterior forces.” A traditional instance of China’s wedge technique in the direction of the Vietnam-US partnership. https://t.co/1Gm4zsarKX
— Khang Vu (@KhangXVu) August 18, 2023
Niger
West African bloc says day set for possible military intervention in Niger Anadolu Company
Niger: West African military force ‘ready to go’ DW. Lead story.
Bank of Ireland unsure when services will be restored Irish Examiner (BC). From a couple of days in the past, however noteworthy that it occurred.
New Not-So-Chilly Struggle
🇺🇦Ukraine to as soon as once more go legal guidelines prohibiting peace talks.
The Verkhovna Rada proposed to legally prohibit the cession of land in resolving the battle with Russia.
The deputies additionally identified the necessity for a whole withdrawal of Russian troops “from all the territory… pic.twitter.com/yRaqjCZjyh
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) August 19, 2023
Netherlands says US has approved delivery of F-16s to Ukraine Aljazeera (Li)
Lukashenko; 250K reserves, Russia south, Poland west. WaPo, grim UKR results. Blinken Pakistan. Alex Christaforu, YouTube. Be aware the opening part, the place Christaforu discusses an interview with Lukashenko at some size.
1/8 In interview with Ukrainian journalist, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko: “We (he & Putin) touched on the scenario once more the final time we met. We conversed for a very long time and he would say: ‘It is unhealthy that we, the 2 peoples, clashed… We’re Slavic peoples’.
— M. Okay. Bhadrakumar (@BhadraPunchline) August 18, 2023
Ukraine war: US allows transfer of Danish and Dutch F-16 war planes to Kyiv BBC. Kevin W: “And to switch them, the danish and the Dutch should buy way more costly F-35s.”
Major Russian OFFENSIVE on Strategic KUPYANSK HistoryLegends, YouTube. From a few days in the past, however entertaining and informative on ways and Russian choices as its marketing campaign in Kharkiv progresses.
EU hits gas storage target before November deadline Monetary Occasions
We can even study this query:
Who gave Invoice Kristol $2 million for a brand new fraudulent “Republicans for Ukraine” group designed to run advertisements throughout the Fox GOP debate to persuade Republicans to stop turning in opposition to Biden’s battle insurance policies in Ukraine? https://t.co/h1DqDqMf4J
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 18, 2023
It is like a concentration camp’: The forgotten crisis on Europe’s doorstep Defend Democracy. Nagorno-Karabakh.
Syraqistan
Afghans fled for a better future but 2 years later, it’s a dream for most Aljazeera (ma)
Right here’s that full U.Okay. authorities assertion on the imprisonment of Imran Khan pic.twitter.com/3zbMu190Ke
— Mark Curtis (@markcurtis30) August 19, 2023
U.S. Sanctions Syrian ‘Moderate Rebels’ It Had Previously Armed Moon of Alabama (Kevin W). “To be America’s buddy is deadly.”
Imperial Collapse Watch
California’s Weapons of Math Destruction Wall Road Journal. BC: “That is madness.”
I am unable to think about dwelling in a rustic like that… pic.twitter.com/oI4TMxHmzX
— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) August 18, 2023
The Decline of America’s Military Reflects the Overall Decline of America Itself Brian Berletic, YouTube
The Horrors of Ukraine and Maui Made Possible by Government incompetence Larry Johnson (Anthony L)
Trump
Georgia Indicts Millions Of Voters For Conspiring To Elect Trump Babylon Bee (Li)
Trump’s indictments and the perils of ‘dual sovereignty’ Monetary Occasions (BC)
Biden
Joe Rogan claims Democrats are leaking scandals about Joe Biden on PURPOSE to try to get rid of 80 year-old president before 2024 election Every day Mail (Li). Readers have been speculating alongside these strains for some time…
Midwestern cities become transgender health sanctuaries amid GOP legislative threats The Hill
Our No Longer Free Press
YouTube, Censorship, and the American Way of Life Scott Ritter (Micael T)
AI
AI-Generated Art Lacks Copyright Protection, D.C. Court Says Bloomberg (David L)
The sceptical case on generative AI Monetary Occasions (David L)
The dark secret behind those cute AI-generated animal images MIT Know-how Overview (furzy)
Microsoft pulls AI-written article telling tourists to visit the Ottawa Food Bank The Verge (Dr. Kevin)
Inflation
Consumers’ Perspectives on the Recent Movements in Inflation Liberty Road Economics. UserFriendly: “I like how expectations are so vital for customers’ magical means to regulate inflation however widespread publicity of greedflation couldn’t have performed a task in CEO’s dialing it down.”
No, the Federal Reserve Hasn’t Brought Inflation Down Jacobin
A Big Health Insurer Is Ripping Up the Playbook on Drug Pricing Wall Road Journal. At greatest, Godzilla v. Mothra. Article hides the ball by implying that Mark Cuban’s Price Plus Drug Firm will fill scrips, when Price Plus has solely generic medication, after which removed from all (I take hardly any meds and one in all my generics shouldn’t be obtainable there). So this shall be largely an Amazon enterprise.
Pension funds in their best shape since just before the last two stock-market crashes MarketWatch (ma). In some way the implication of the headline appears misplaced on the writers…
Loading the DICE Against Pensions CarbonTracker (Micael T)
The Bezzle
‘Don’t You Remember Me?’ The Crypto Hell on the Other Side of a Spam Text Bloomberg
I am starting to significantly doubt Musk’s sanity. https://t.co/ZmRsTZ4Lf5
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) August 18, 2023
Class Warfare
Meta threatens to fire workers for return-to-office infractions in leaked memo SFGate (Kevin W)
All-out propaganda blitz by Teamsters bureaucrats in final days of UPS vote WSWS
Antidote du jour (Duncan H):
And a bonus:
Mission not possible.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/UvW9ssPBZY
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) August 19, 2023
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour here.